Greenback man killed in local crash

A Greenback man was killed Nov. 13 in a single-vehicle crash on state Highway 95 near Bethel Valley Road.

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By Beverly Majors

Oakridger - Oak Ridge, TN

By Beverly Majors

Posted Nov. 22, 2012 at 2:00 PM

By Beverly Majors
Posted Nov. 22, 2012 at 2:00 PM

Oak Ridge, Tenn.

A Greenback man was killed Nov. 13 in a single-vehicle crash on state Highway 95 near Bethel Valley Road.

Daniel B. Summers, 46, died in the 7:29 p.m. crash.

Oak Ridge police reports said Summers was driving north on Highway 95 when his Chevrolet Trailblazer left the road. The vehicle slid sideways about 80 feet along a ditch line when both side wheels "dug in" causing the Trailblazer to go airborne.

Reports said the Trailblazer overturned in the air and landed on the driver's side door and upside down against a tree.

An Oak Ridge Fire Department report said the car had about a two-foot intrusion into the driver's door. Oak Ridge National Laboratory firefighters were on the scene before ORFD and found no pulse on Summers, report said. ORFD extricated the body from the wreckage.

Summers was properly restrained and no tests were given for alcohol or drug use.